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At the UN, Climate Change & Security Must Be Tackled Together
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 13 (IPS) - Could the next wars be triggered by climate change?
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in an upward spiral of tensions over the Nile, as a combination of dams and shifting weather patterns pose existential risks to both countries.
UN body unveils new plan to end ecological destruction, ‘preserve and protect nature’
- UN News
Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets of a new draft agreement released by a UN body in the lead up to the landmark November climate conference, COP26, in the United Kingdom.
“If Only the Fighting Would Stop” A Sudanese Woman’s Wish
- Inter Press Service
GUMURUK, South Sudan, Jul 13 (IPS) - With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched Gumuruk, a town in the Greater Jonglei region where conflict frequently disrupts daily life and stifles progress.
Rich Country Hypocrisy Exposed by Vaccine Inequities
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (IPS) - ‘No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is’ has become a popular mantra. But vaccine apartheid worldwide, due to rich countries’ policies, has made COVID-19 a developing country pandemic, delaying its end and global economic recovery.
Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 12 (IPS) - If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation.
‘Tremendously off track’ to meet 2030 SDGs: UN chief
- UN News
Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020 – some 161 million more than for 2019 – the UN Secretary-General said on Monday; “new, tragic data”, which indicates the world is “tremendously off track” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger
- UN News
Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday.
Reflections on South Sudans Ten Years of Independence
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, South Sudan, Jul 12 (IPS) - The declaration of independence of South Sudan was a great historic moment that gave hope to South Sudanese on July 9, 2011. It brought a sense of satisfaction, indicating achievement of a life-time dream for which millions of our people across generations paid the ultimate price.
Nothing About Us, Without Us, Asian Youth Tell Parliamentarians
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jul 12 (IPS) - Youth advocates from Asian countries called for an overhaul of a system that excluded young people from participation in policymaking.
During an interaction with parliamentarians from 23 countries, youth representatives considered an enabling political framework to be the most crucial reform required to remove inequities.
No Comment -- & Dont Quote me on That
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) - When a Southeast Asian ambassador hosted a lunch for journalists, including reporters from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, he told us there was an ulterior motive for the sumptuous lunch at his residence.
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